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( n ih. WEATHER FORECAST For Bismarck and vicinity: G erally fair tonigh tand Sunda: ESTABLISHED 1873 YEGGS BLOW H DAIRY COWIS INCREASING ON DAKOTAFARMS Number of Animals Reported For Taxation Shows Big In- crease in Last 7 Years HORSES ON DECLINE THE Tractors Apparently Are Pushing Old Dobbin to Background in the State A remarkable increase in the number of dairy cows in North Dakota in the last six years is shown by records in the state tax} commissioner’s office, taken from the repbrts of auditors of the various counties, The statistics also show an in- crease in cattle generally, a marked increase in the number of sheep, a decrease in hogs a a decline in the horse raising indus- try together with an’ increased dependence on gas or steam trac- tors or threshing machines for farm work. The increase in dairy cows -be- tween 1916 and 1923 is 37 per cent,-or from 367,285 in 1916 to 503,636 in 1923, A comparison of other cattle for the two periods follows: Cattle ynder one Sear old 19}6, total for state 23,518; in 1923, 269,182; cattle one year old and under two, in 1916, total 143,230; in 1923, 224,844; cattle two y2ar old and under three, in 1916, total 119,839; in 1923, total 137,204; bulls, in 1916 total 8,- 822; in 1928, total 12,737. The entire number, of cows and cattle of all classes increased from _724;- 604 animals in 1916 to 1,170,450 animals in 1923. In 1916 there were 114,249 sheep on the farms of Nerth Dakota while in 1923 there were 174,266. A surprising decline in the nw ber of hogs is shown, the de- crease being from 304,084 in 1916 to 273,649 in 1923. 3 The total number of horses and mules decreased from 701,316 in 1916 to 663,791 in 1928. During the same ‘time or steam trac; ‘tors, and threshing machine oute fits, increased 17,360 to. 5,698, ‘The decline in horses and mules is chiefly in young stock indicat- ing that many ranchers that form- erly raised horses as a distinct business-,are ceasing to~ compete against the tractor. The number of horses under one year old in the state in 1916 was 62,685 and in 1923 the number is 21,618. The number one year old and under two declined from 67,566 to 28,883, and the number two years old and under three decreased from 61,140 to. 32,819. However the number of horses three years, old and over increased, thgre be- ing 578,808 on the farms in 1923, as compared to. 497,706 in 1916. The number of gas or steam tractors or threshing machines increased from 9,520 in 1916 to 14,608 in 1923, and the number of treating machines’ and outfits therewith increased from 7,840 to 11,090 in like period. The number of cows per farm in the state is placed at 6.48, based on the 1920 census," and the number of all other cattle 8.58, The number of horses per farm is 8.54. NEW EARTH ~ SHOCKS FELT Messina, Sicily, Aug:. 18—Earth- quake shocks were felt here early to- day but caused no damage of any im- The population which’ has in open air since ig) sturbancés on Thursia: were considerably alarmed; : Catania, Sieilly, Aug. 18.—An earth- quake of considerable violence sh: this city this morning. Rt produced a great panic amgng the population but anion, no damager. Modern Girl Ready - For Responsibility Fargo, N. Aug. 18.—The girl of. today is just ready for reaponsi- bilities as girls ever have been, Misa ‘Comstock, president of Radcliffe and formerly dean of women mith college, said reerer oer siting with her paren’ ir. § S.C. Cometock of Moorhead, rmer home. “The spirit of s created by the war is being manifested among the youn; iy er generation just .as well as.among | the older ones, but'I do not belieye “that the fundamental principles of | womanhood have been penned [port is on condition of crops as of By NEA Service. Richmoad, Va., Aug. 18,—Twenty all born within, 25 years—ana no twins or triplets! “That's our record!’ says Augus- tine Montgomery Brooch, 57 years old,.of Biscoe Postoffice, King and Queen county. “We claim there's not another family in the United States to equal it.” The challenge was issued at a re- union of the Brooch family at the old home, Sugar Hill Farm, where every son and daughter was born. This. picture was taken of Papa and Mama Brooch and the 17 sur. WEATHER OF LAST 2 WEEKS HELPS CROPS Potato, Corn and Flax Bene- fitted in“ North Dakota, “s Says U. Ss: Statistician ESTIMATES. OF YIELDS Cool weather and wel) distributed showers in the Northwest in the first two weeks of August helped crops, says the report of the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics, division of crops and livestocks estiftfates, made public today hy J, G. Diamond of Grand Forks, agricultural statis- tician for North Dakota, The re- ug, 15. With particular reference to North Dakota Mr, Diamond says the weather of the two weeks period helped potatoes and flax and improv- eq the corn prospect. 4 The report follow: Cooler weath id well distribut- ed showers characterized the first half of August throughout the spring wheat region which conditions fa- vored the. filling of spring grains in Montana, helped potatoes and flax in North Dakota and improved the corn prospect in South Dakota and Min- nesota in which latter state local areas had been reported suffering from July heat and dry weather. Harvest of all small grains except flax has been completed in South Da- kota were threshing is now general, Minnesota having made sim vorable progress in these operations, while in North Dakota cutting 1» mostly completed with the bulk ‘a threshing yet to start» Demand for farm labor throughout the region 18 apperently being well taken care of. Livestock for most part continues in excellent condition, some reports of anthrax coming from South Dakots. Special Comments. Spring wheat yields and quality. expected to ‘be generally disappoint- ing.in North Dakotw especially for| the bread wheats... South Dakota marquis reported poor crop but du- | yums better, Minnesota threshing re- turns reported in line with earlier estimates, Montana crop reported ‘|filling quite satisfactorily but some Dakota where sufficient moisture to |~ mature -crop is considered - pr and general prospect termed exc jlent, Minnesota corn has respond to the new moisture of the past two weeks which was badly needdg in southern counties. , Po- ota valley crop con: ered “hGrt by too much rain but set t agood,and present prospect report- ed very ‘satisfactory. Some of the early commercial crop is now being haber Pe alg ep petee crop coy el ‘by Auguat showers and cool- er ere Prospect still considered better ‘than average ‘despite many \poor fields-in the valley section. Flax prospect: on }-whele appears to be better than average although: BIS. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1923 viving children! ‘Phree others. diea in infancy. The survivors, like their parents, are all in robust health and sickness is unknown to them, “We have heard of one or two in- stances of a larger family,” says Pape Brooch, “but investigation dis- closeq that they were not all the children of one couple, In each in- stance the father had a second wifé. Another case we investigated d closed twi There are no twins in the Brooch family. Al] of ours came singly,” ; e The youngest child is Miss Ella Bernice Brooch, 13 years old, and the oldest is William Henry Brooch, 38. ittle Interest In Special Election Linton, N. D,, Rie. 18.—A special election in Linton Special Schoo! Dis- trict was held last Thursday at the Franklin school house at Linton for the purpose of increasing the tax limit of the. district enough to raise $7,200 more than the law allowed. Very little interest. was shown by the ‘electors. as only 39 votes were polled, 86:of them in favor of. in- creasing the tax limit, « MINERS" HEADS LEAVE FOR NEW GOAL PARLEY John J. Lewis Wants to Leave Question of Continuing Work to ‘Conference New York, ‘Aug. 18—John Ly Lewis, president of the. United Mine Workers of America and hie associates in the anthracite mine wage negotiations will leave for Atlantic City today to continue conferences with hard coal opera- tors. The resumption of negotia- tions will start Monday. In 4 joint letter replying to the coal commission's demand for fur- ther coal parleyg union officials and representatives of the ope: tors have agreed to ‘earnestly en- deavor to reach an agreement by Septs' Loon ainis as? Meanwh he eye, members of the commf}je¢,Of, which John Hays Hammond 1s ‘chafrman refrained from expressing “over optimism” as to the,prospetts of keeping the Gay ° Stine After, that Giga 9 President, Cooltdge, ity wes' Bald, would he Morateeae if theHewult of the conference here. : ‘If an agreement ig not reached by September 1 the operators’’ rep- resentatives said they would seek an understanding that the mines should be kept operating while the wage ,conferences, continue. The miners’ spokesmen requested that this matter be left to a joint con- ference. DEVALERAIS IN DUBLIN Dublin, Aug. 18—Eamorn DeVal era, Republican leader, who was ar: rested at Ennis Wednesday when he appeared to address a political meet- ing, arrived early today under. escort of .natio! troops. He. was taken: to, the military barracks to be transfer- red later ta Mount Joy prison. ‘ SHELL, LEFT IN-OVEN — ” hcg ei at i ‘HER Pak rT. Carrin |. D.. Aug, 18.—-Mrs. tan sinedi stight wounds the chest, one hand and legs/when ‘a supposed fired army rifle cartridre which*had ,been* hidden in te oven of the kitchen \atove exploded soon she had lighted the breakfast 6 ne Soe jox "i The children are: Wfliam Henty Augustine Beale, Cleveland Washing- ton, Hutchinson, John Wesley, Ella Bernice, Mrs. William Brooke and Daisy Inez Brooch, all of King and Queen county; Mrs, Ro ¥Y West Point, Va.; Danville, Va.; Mrs. Mrs. Alice Schools, zo, Mrs, Beatrice Ballard, Olive Browne Brooch, Frances Thelma Brooch and Walter Fleet Brooeh, all of Richmond: Another’ singular fact about the Brogch family is that Mama Brooch who became a bride at 15’and is now 54, was an only . HEMORRHAGE CAUSES DEATH OF PIONEER Mrs. John A. Johnson, Mother of Ten Children, Dies * Suddenly. Mrs. John A. Johnson, pioneer res ident of Burleigh: county, died us. 3:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon av the family residence on 208 W. Broadway as a result of ‘a: cerebril hemorrhage during the morning. of the same day. She was unconsciou. from the’ time of tl hemorrhage until the coming of d Mrs, Johnson had yen in good health until about three days beic:. her death when she complained of being tired and spent a part of Mon day and Tuesday in bed, She was 62 years of age, being born in Herno sand, Sweten, Aug. 22, 1862, For more than forty years Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have resided on their farm in Painted Woods district or in Bismarck. They were prosperou farmers of that vicinity and weli known throughout this part of the country. They were the parents of eight daughters and two sons who survive them. Misses Florence anu Frances Johnson left recently for a vatation trip to Alaska, News of the death of their mother has reachec them while om board the S. S, Ad miral Rogers at Ketchikan, Alaska. John A. Johnson, husband of the de- ceased, who left’ at the same time, August 1, for various points along the Pacific coast has not yet been located. Mr, Johnson and his two daughters expected to return by Aug 23.- Funeral arrangements wil] be held up pending their arrival. A son, Leonerd Johnson, who is radio operator on the U, 8, sall, No. 219, is at Constantinople. He expected to return hom in Sep- tember after-completing 18 months of service in foreign parts, A daugh- ter, Mrs. O. H. Lindstr: left about a month ago with her husband by automobile for New York City, from which place they sailed for Balboa Heights, Canal Zone. Her other daughters, Mrs, P, J, Engeseth, Miss- es Alice B., Adeline M., G. Dorothy and ‘son, Hermaf, were with her when the end came, Her daught Miss Linda G. Johnson, who has be attending the normal school at not reached the bedside of her moth-J. outdoors’ ting ‘brass | >; er an, hour after the pa: deceased. ‘win, Canada a sister, Mrs, J. Robert Bergquist:of Washburn. Fun- ral services ¥ probably be held sometime the’ latter part of next reek. 5: fl Triplets Added To ws Family of Five; 18,—Triplets: two boys and a girl were born to Mr, 4° Mrs, Olaf Satrum of Colgate, trude. he The couple has five other children besides the triplets, a WATER BOND ISSUE UPHELD IN HIGH COURT Election of May 14 was Legal, Majority of Members of Supreme Court Find REMOVES OBSTACLES = TP : Early Approval of Bond Issue Expected and Plant Will Be Taken Over Soon Mayor A. P. Lenhart said to- day that wilt: the bond question dceided by ‘the courts, the city commission, ip anxious {o take over the water plant as quickly as possible, and he hopes this to be at least by September 1. He dg:larcd tho present situation . with respect to the water furn- ~ ished is intolerable and that one of the firat things done would be the cleaning of the reservoirs. Ho expressed doubt if this work would start until the city actual- ly owns the plant, the comm sion fecling that the work should have been done by the. water company. Also because ditched in which the now 16-inch main is being laid are still open to drain the reservoirs just now might flood them. “Specials” required for the 16-inch main grrived last night and more a expected within two or three days so that work will be resumed on the main. The supreme court, in a decision handed down today, upheld the legality of the bond election held in Bismarck on May 14 at which itizens voted on the question of ssuing $225,000 bonds for thé pur- cose of purchasing or ennstruct- ng a water plant for the city. The decision was 4 to 1, Chief Justice _Bronson dissenting, Chicago bond attorneys to whom all the city proceedings were sub- mitted after bonds had been sold asked for a court decision upon the question of whether or not the question submitted to the voters wag_a double question and whether vr -mot a majority vote of all vot- 2rs oronly-a majority of those vot- ng was necessary to make the election legal. The decision of the court now is oxpected to make possible an early approval of the bond issue »y the Chicago bond attorneys, the arly payment of money on bonds |: ind warrants .to the city, the ear- y payment of contractors for vork ulready done on additions to he present plant, and the early taking over of the nlant of the 3ismarck Water Supply Company. The supreme court sustained Judge Jansonius of the district ‘ourt. The decision was by Jus- ice Johnson with Justices Birdzell ind Nuessle and District Judge erry signing the majority opin- on. Justice Chridiiandon was iisqualified. Question Submitted The question submitted to the voters at the May election read: ‘Shall the City of Bismarck issue yonds in the sum of $225,000.00 in he denomination of — $1,000.00 rach, payable one-twentieth ‘each vear for twenty years, with inter- 2st thereon at the rate of 5 per ‘ent per annum, payable semi-an- dually, such interest payments to Ye evidenced by interest coupons attached to such bonds, for the aurpose of constructing or purch- sing waterworks for the furnish- ng of a supply of water to the in- Aabitants of such City?” the vote vas 1,257 for and 90 against. A friendly. suit was brought by Roy, Logan, Fred Peterson and C, Bertsch attacking the legality of she election. -The city was defend- ad by City Attorney C. b. Young. C, L. Crum filed a brief: in the “upreme court as a friend of the sourt attacking the legality. ‘ The plaintiffs alleged thé elec- don void because there was a double question, holding that’ the ‘question of purchasing a water. jlant and constructing a water lant should have been separated. ‘ It also- was alleged that a ma- ‘ority~“of all voters did not vote “‘néfavor of the proposition. Also that the commission ex- ceeded its powers-in that the ordi- tance, providing for the issuance ¢ bonds, requirés that. they shall be paid in twenty years, one- wentieth each year,-but that the! ‘ontract calls for payment of. less shan one-twentieth each year for 19 years and more than one-twen- tieth at the end of the twentieth, “his ‘method being adopted to shake »ayments “come out even,” 4 Courts View “It seems to us that the. real question submitted to the voters % whether. the bonded indebted- ress of the city shall be increased oy. amount ‘specified as neces- sary for the. contemplater im- proyement in ad instant case, for she ‘purpose 0} ig a system of. waterworks? 8 rs the court’: én. um permis- alble general indebted under ;| beaten but both re: —~. RUST DECLARE TO BESLAYER OF DRUGGIST Identification of Slain Bandit in Another Murder Made By Eye-Witness ALSO SHOWN ROBBER Four Victims of Twin City| « Robberies Lay Them to Door of Dead Man St. Paul, Aug. 18 —Identification of Edwin Rust, bandit slayer who was kiMed in, a pistol fight with St. Paul detectives here early yesterday, us the man who shot and killed Bryan DeWitz, Minneapolis druggist, on August 13 was made ‘today by D. ¥. Mackenstadt, isin employe of the store where DeWitz worked. Mackenstadt was an eye witness to the slaying. Following the ident.fication four recent hold-up victims identified the slain bandit as the man who had robbed them. Two of the robbery vic- tims were from Minneapolis and two from St. Paul. Mrckenstadt was positive in his identification which was made in the presence of the county attorney of Brown county, South Dakota, and the leads of the Minneapolis and St. Paul police departments. Rust had been sought for several weeks for the murder of Sheriff Fulker of Aberdeen, 8. D. East Grand Forks, Minn., Aug. 18. —Mrs. L, Rust, mother of the bandit killed in St.’ Paul Friday and Louis Rust, brother, left for St. Paul late last night to take charge of Rust’s body and to arrange for the burial, which is to take place in the Twin Cities. GREAT CHINA STORM WRECKS MANY VESSELS Heavy Loss of Life, Including Many Europeans, Is Feared In Hong Kong BRITISH SUB IS SUNK Typhoon Sweeps in From Sea —Warning Signals Save Many of Bigger Craft Hong Kong, China, Aug. 18 (By the A. P.)—Heavy loss of life is believed to have been claimed by a typhoon that struck the harbor here at 9:30 o’clock this morning, sweeping the waters into a seeth- ing menace that flung several ships into their depths and tossed others in havens of refuge. Many Europeans were among the vic- tims. It was the worst storm experi- enced here, since 1906. Following observatory, warningy ocean-going steamers and small ctaft..sought shelter last night. Fires signaliz- ed the approach of ‘the storm cen- ter this morning. Within an hour the,,wind was blowing with hurri- eane,dprce and the harbor was tempestuous. The steamer Ming Sang whistled long blasts of dis- tress, A blue funnel towboat made a heroic attempt to reach the stricken vessel. The high run- ning sea made the rescue impossi- ble and the Ming Sang went down. Except for the two officers re- ported saved all aboard are be- lieved to have perished. The. Ming Sang, owned by the Indo-China Steam Navigttion Company, was of 1,650 net ton- nage. "The British submarine L-9 part-~ ing from her |mogrings aitted westward and sank off Hong Kon; club, . One sailor swam away an ‘was rescued. When the terrific wind storm struck the shore big trees were uprooted’ and -in — several places fi against the boundary walls which collapsed. In the business section, signs were blown off. Telephone poles were torn down and tramway suppended It is not known how Kowloon fared as all communication with that port was cut off. TWO ABDUCTED; BADLY BEATEN Port Arthur, Tex., Aug. 18.—Badly sing to make ‘statement to police as to what hap-| pened when they were spirited awa: last night Clay Dunn and his brother, Carl Du re found bed at r today. Asked if ‘they }property of the General Petroleum BONFIRE IS : BIGGER THAN WAS PLANNED _A hundred thousand dollar bon- fire planned State Treasurer: John Steen grew to a $298,600 bon- tire yesteray afternoon, Mr. Steen, with the assistance of Gov- ernor Nestos and Secreta of State Hall, planned to burn $1 - 000 of “baby bonds” returned by Spitzer, Rorick and Co., for bonds ot larger denomination. State Treasurer Steen took advantage of the opportunity to burn $198,600 of mill and elevator bonds left fiom the Mazier administration, wiich were issued by a mortgage cn & mo.tgage on the Drake mill the Grand Forks mill and. elevator, Alpput. $25,000 of the issue had been sold when the Fraz- ler administration. issued bonds of different denomination and_inter- est race and called in the $25,000 ONE MILLION LOSS CAUSED IN OIL FIRE Head of General Petroleum Company Declares That Fire was Incendiary HOUSEHOLDERS FLEE 500,000 Barrel Tank Is Con- verted Into Veritable Oil Sump-Fire Burns Out San Pedro, Calif., Aug. 18.—Esti- mated damage-of more than §$1,000,- 000 was caused by an oil fire on the Company yesterday, Early today with the burned: area guarded by soldiers, ‘police, firemen and watchmen the flames still burn- ed but were believed to have sub- sided beyend the danger of a further spread. ; L. J. Martin, superintendent of pipe lines for the company, expressed the belief that the fire was of incendiary origin, It. started from an éxplosipn in a 600,000 barrel tank which: liter- ally boiled over into ‘a sump hole and threatened the military reserva: tion of Fort MacArthur with are racks, batteries and great stores, of ammunition as well as ridential district bef. burning itself out, ai ing oil flowed down 9 canyon toward the sea. : Many hundred of householders de- serted their homes last night and only a few had returned to them early today, REVOLT RUMOR 1S DENIE Santo Domingo, Aug. 18.—There is no ‘foundation for the report that there has been an uprising in Santo Domingo and that 17’ marines were killed, the American military author- ities declared here today.. Complete quiet prevails‘ in the country, Washington, Aug. 18,—An examina- tion of naval records was said by navy officers to ‘show that the Ro- chester would have left about this time for Santo Domingo in the course of her routine voyage. Panama, Aug. 18.—The sudden de- parture of the United States cr Rochester, flagship of the spe service squadron with Rear Admiral John_H. Dayton, is said here to be the result of a reported uprising in Santo Domingo. The cruiser Galves- ton is expected to follow her. Though the naval authorities are silent it is reported, 81 have been k however, from any sourc ACTRESS DIES New York, Aug. 18.—Marie Wain- wright, who supported .as leading woman Booth and Salvini in their no- table starring tour of 1888, died ye: rday in Scranton, Pa., according to por received here by the Actors juild, Missing Man To Be Declared Dead Adrian N. D,, Aug. 18. — Missing seven years since his mygserious dis- appearance at Jamestown in July, 1916, John Konoske, Jr., single and aged about 27 years when he vanish-'| ed, probably will now be declared legally dead, as the result of the fill- ing of a claim: for $2,500 life in-| According to C, ‘BRON BANK E ESCAPE WITH CASH, FLEEING TOWARD SOUTH Amount Taken Is Estimated at Between $3,000 and $5,000 by Bank President BUILDING DAMAGED Telephone Operator and Depot Sound Fire Alarm, Arous- ing’ the Whole Town Hebron, N. D., Aug. 18.—The Farn- ers State Bank of Hebron, 60 miles west of Bismarck, was robbed at 2:80 this morning by a gang of yeggs, who escaped with cash estimated at from $3,000 to $5,000, The safe was blown, tho interior of the bank badly damaged and win- cows in the frame building shatter- ed. The yeggs escaped in an automo- bile, starting east and turning south, probably heading for the Bad Lunds or the Deadwood, S. D. district. They were seen 40 miles south of Hebron at 4 o'clock this morning. The explosion aroused many peo- ple. It was heard by Miss Mario Schweigert, operator for the North Dakota Independent Telephone Com- pany. The night man at the depot called. Together they turned in the fire alarm and woke the whole city. Hebron people immediately pre- pared to give chase. Two auto loads started out but the robbers had sprin- irge-headed suffered back. Deputy Sheriff Frank Bolke and a posse of men arrived on the scene dust_in time to gee the five robbers Pile in'a car and start out. The dep: uty sheriff emptied -his revolver but the had .gone too far for the shots’ to do harm. ‘The ‘outer door of the ssfe was Blown, off, The rebbers failed to get into the compartment in which the daily cash balance is carried, how- ever. Damage to the safe and fixtures is estimated at $1,000. F, P. Fwald, president of the bank, said the bank was fully insured from loss by svery-in’both the Norti: Dakota Hiniees Association and u ‘New. Yori. Liability company, Officers tothe south are watching for the Fobbers, ~ PROBE INTO X MURDER William Jesson Is Detained by Authorities at Washburn Pending Investigation (Special to The Tribune) Washburn; N. D., Aug. 18.—Wil- liam Jesaon, a young man living near” Fuso, is being held pending investi- ation in connection with the.ax mur- der at Ruso, © States Attorney Gibson said that no charges have \been preferred against Jesson, but that he is beiny; held for investigation as a result of a “process of elimination” method used. Sheriff Maxwell, States Attor- ney Gibson and Chief of Police Mar- tineson of Bismarck all are working on the case, It is understood here that evidence showed that Jesson was in Ruso.the in'a by an ax, and he did not get home until late at night. He had bought a new shirt day before which he changed for another. iving near the section house voices wher: found after a train went through about 1 a. m. Thurs: ind it is believed’ the mui- der was committed about that time. LYNCH NEGRO IN GHORGIA ‘was swung from a big tree and rid- dled with bullate,. The negro is: said to have confe 4 Autoists Advertise Ellendale S: Buck, attorney for‘the benefictary,:| ©: seven yéats lapse is necessary be-. declarati ‘of “legal death.” ~

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